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November 28th, 2009 at 11:30pm
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Speaking to a room full of executives focused on “the business of online video” at this year’s Streaming Media West trade show, it’s easy to understand how Xbox Live GM Marc Whitten could fall into hyperbole regarding the implications of Project Natal. “I believe that this will be the largest leap of TV experience since the remote control,” Whitten said on the subject, reports Yahoo Tech. “With the flick of my wrist I can change a channel … with the power of my voice I can start a movie.”
Aside from the more obvious implications to television using technology that can interpret voice and motion, he sees a future where Natal will recognize individual voices in a room and allow for a variety of human input – from “laughter” to “the number of people in a room” and everything in between. “Watching a movie is a passive input, but a TV should understand what you’re trying to do.” We don’t know about you, Marc, but we’re a bit worried about the implications of our television understanding what some of us are trying to do.
[Via Edge]
Microsoft’s Marc Whitten sees Natal replacing television remote controls originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 28 Nov 2009 22:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 20th, 2009 at 11:00pm
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Speaking to VentureBeat, Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten discussed the recent round of Xbox Live bans. According to Whitten, banning users from Xbox Live is “a cat and mouse game.” Said Whitten, “These were people that were pirating software.” He added that Microsoft looks at banning users “from a safety and anti-cheating perspective” and that the company looks out for its partners. Responding to the widely reported story that Microsoft banned over a million Xbox Live users, Whitten said that the figure is inaccurate. “I cannot explain to you why people would think it was a million people,” said Whitten, then adding quite succinctly, “It wasn’t a million people.”
Whitten went on to state his belief that Microsoft does “a really good job” of monitoring the activity on Xbox Live, specifically in terms of piracy and online harassment. He concluded that the company is “committed to making [Xbox Live] better and better.”
The interview also covers the recent integration of Facebook on Xbox, the effect Modern Warfare 2 had on Live activity (hint: a big one) and whether or not we’ll be playing Facebook games on our consoles anytime soon. Don’t expect a straight answer on that last one though, as the closes Whitten gets is, “In the future, they will move much closer together.”
Whitten: Xbox Live banning ‘a cat and mouse game’ originally appeared on Joystiq on Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 12th, 2009 at 01:30pm
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Xbox owners: You have five days to start thinking of your lives and the lives of others in trivial, 140-character chunks. Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten has told Fast Company that the Dashboard update containing Twitter and Facebook integration will officially arrive on November 17.
If the date seems familiar, you’re not losing your marbles: The specific timing for the update was revealed and reneged last month. Now, you’d better hurry up and beat the Chatpad rush at the store.
Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox Nov. 17 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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